If you enjoy paranormal cozy mysteries, then I recommend that you check out this series. Overall, this engaging and fun novel kept me entertained. The novel had the right amount of mystery and history plus a little romance to keep readers interested. The author did a great job of bringing the history of the old department store to life as it is reshaped into a school of the arts. Themes include family, friendship, romance, secrets, death, ghosts, and much more. I kept wondering what would be discovered next.

Multiple conflicts move the story forward with a couple of unexpected twists. The story has a more involved plot than I expected. O’Ryan, Lee’s cat, is a great addition to the characters. However, Detective Pete Mondello, Lee’s boyfriend does not have as much depth. Lee and her aunt, Isobel Russell are well-defined characters. Additionally, as Lee and her students start to work on a documentary of the building’s history, they begin to unravel family secrets. When the school repairperson is found dead on Christmas night, Lee’s clairvoyant abilities start working again. She is now volunteering her talents as an instructor at the Tabitha Trumbull Academy of the Arts (The Tabby).

Lee lost her job as a television psychic. This paranormal cozy mystery features Lee Barrett and is set in Salem, Massachusetts. Perry is the second book in the Witch City Mystery series. But ghosts in the store's attic are the least of her worries with a killer on the loose.Tails, You Lose by Carol J. Even the witches in town are spooked, and when Lee begins seeing visions in the large black patent leather pump in her classroom, she's certain something evil is afoot. As Lee and her intrepid students begin work on a documentary charting the store's history, they unravel a century of family secrets, deathbed whispers-and a mysterious labyrinth of tunnels hidden right below the streets of Salem. The Tabby is housed in the long-vacant Trumbull's Department Store. But when the school's handyman turns up dead under seemingly inexplicable circumstances on Christmas night, Lee's clairvoyant capabilities begin bubbling to the surface once again. Her instincts may be killer-but can she catch one this wicked?Īfter losing her job as a TV psychic, Lee Barrett has decided to volunteer her talents as an instructor at the Tabitha Trumbull Academy of the Arts-known as 'The Tabby'-in her hometown of Salem, Massachusetts.

Tails, You Lose by Carol J. Perry